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<blockquote data-quote="D'Grump" data-source="post: 798762" data-attributes="member: 49504">Came home to find this hawk in the backyard. At first I thought it was a Cooper’s Hawk because I see them quite often around here. Looked a little closer and decided it was a Red Tailed. I see them occasionally in the area, but I’ve never seen one taking a bird from my backyard before. Figured it was a pigeon or maybe a mourning dove because they are the slowest birds that frequent my backyard.[ATTACH=full]384879[/ATTACH]Left to go out for lunch so as to not disturb the hawk, and when we got back the hawk was still finishing up. [ATTACH=full]384880[/ATTACH]After the hawk left, I went outside to look at “The Scene Of The Crime”, and discovered that the “Victim” was NOT a dove or pigeon, but a Cooper’s Hawk! I’ve never seen a hawk take another hawk for a meal in my 76 years![ATTACH=full]384881[/ATTACH]A closer look at the “victim’s” tail, which is what I used to determine it was a Cooper’s Hawk, and not a Sharp Shinned Hawk.[ATTACH=full]384882[/ATTACH]Never realized that there were that many feathers on a Cooper’s Hawk! Sure did leave a mess in my backyard!Andy</blockquote>

[QUOTE="D'Grump, post: 798762, member: 49504"] Came home to find this hawk in the backyard. At first I thought it was a Cooper’s Hawk because I see them quite often around here. Looked a little closer and decided it was a Red Tailed. I see them occasionally in the area, but I’ve never seen one taking a bird from my backyard before. Figured it was a pigeon or maybe a mourning dove because they are the slowest birds that frequent my backyard. [ATTACH type="full"]384879[/ATTACH] Left to go out for lunch so as to not disturb the hawk, and when we got back the hawk was still finishing up. [ATTACH type="full"]384880[/ATTACH] After the hawk left, I went outside to look at “The Scene Of The Crime”, and discovered that the “Victim” was NOT a dove or pigeon, but a Cooper’s Hawk! I’ve never seen a hawk take another hawk for a meal in my 76 years! [ATTACH type="full"]384881[/ATTACH] A closer look at the “victim’s” tail, which is what I used to determine it was a Cooper’s Hawk, and not a Sharp Shinned Hawk. [ATTACH type="full"]384882[/ATTACH] Never realized that there were that many feathers on a Cooper’s Hawk! Sure did leave a mess in my backyard! Andy [/QUOTE]

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